Enlarge (credit: Jens Buettner/picture alliance) Wish 2021 had been a better year? Facebook probably does, too. The company has long been maligned by politicians, media observers, and consumer advocates, but it wasn’t until 2021 that it felt like the tide truly began to turn. Though Facebook had faced scandals in the past, from Cambridge Analytica […]
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As you’ve probably heard by now, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp went down on Monday for what is, as of this writing, the company’s longest outage since 2008. The reason for the blackout is still unknown, but the longer it went on the more folks wondered if the sites were out temporarily… or gone entirely. As in, permanently […]
Enlarge / Fb whistleblower Frances Haugen’s 60 Minutes job interview aired on October 3, 2021. (credit: 60 Minutes / CBS) The Facebook whistleblower revealed her identity last night along with the girl plans to reform the embattled social media company from the outside. Frances Haugen , a data scientist by training and a veteran of […]
Enlarge / Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, steps out of the hearing room before testifying about the government response to the novel coronavirus pandemic in order to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill May 14, 2020, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla […]
A notable A.I. researcher has made Google, stating she had been fired for criticizing the firm ’so lack of dedication to diversity, preventing concerns regarding the firm ’s efforts to quiet criticism and argument. Timnit Gebru, that had been specialized co-lead of a Google staff that concentrated on A.I. integrity and algorithmic prejudice, composed on […]
New principles imply company whistleblowers can become even more cash for a benefit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, possibly a lot more–and make it quicker. While the biggest benefits could be lowered below the new rules, they may nonetheless be staggering. Back in October, only weeks after embracing the rules, the SEC granted an […]